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General Reference

• AtoZdatabases — Find a Job, Business, Person or Create Mailing Lists & Sales Leads.
• Digital Learn — Free self-directed tutorials to increase technology skills.  A good site for those new to computers.
• FirstSearch — 15 databases (descriptions).  All require an authorization code and password; call the Reference Dept. at (217) 477-5228 to obtain these (must be Illinois resident).
• Gale Virtual Reference Library — large collection of reference e-books covering multiple topics and disciplines.

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Automotive

• ChiltonLibrary.com — Auto repair manuals (Use your full barcode number as the password to log in).

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Business

• AtoZdatabases — Find a Job, Business, Person or Create Mailing Lists & Sales Leads.

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Crafts

• Creativebug — A resource with more than 1,000 award-winning art & craft video classes taught by recognized design experts and artists.

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Current Affairs/Politics

• Acceda Noticias — Una colección completa de noticias que es ideal para explorar temas y eventos a nivel local, regional, nacional e internacional.
• Newsbank — a comprehensive news collection that is ideal for exploring issues and events at the local, regional, national and international level
• Illinois Issues In-Depth — reporting and analysis from Illinois Public Radio.

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Education & Testing

• Career Girls — Video-based career exploration tool for girls, with an emphasis on Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) careers.
• Digital Learn — Free self-directed tutorials to increase technology skills.  A good site for those new to computers.
• Gale Courses — Instructor-led online courses in a wide variety of topics, free to DPL cardholders.  Learn more.
• Illinois DMV Practice Tests — practice tests with questions similar to those on the offical knowledge test.

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Financial Literacy

• First Financial Bank Financial Literacy Page — List of resources in a variety of areas of financial literacy: nest eggs, financial planning, home ownership, responsible credit, and fraud protection

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Genealogy (more links available here)

• HeritageQuest Online — Census data, family records, and local histories.
• Pape Mortuary Database — over 275,000 records collected and constantly updated by a longtime Danville firm.

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Health

• Grey House Publishing – Complete Resource Guide for People With Disabilities
• Grey House Publishing – Complete Resource Guide for People With Chronic Illness
• Merck Manual Consumer Version / Merck Manual Pro Version — Thousands of topics in all medical fields. Authored by hundreds of top medical experts.
• Salem Press: Literature / History / Science / Health — multiple resources in each of these disciplines.

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Legal

• Legal Forms — Thousands of forms in dozens of categories.
• Vermilion County Legal Self-Help Center

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Literature

• NoveList Plus
• NoveList K-8 Plus
• Salem Press: Literature / History / Science / Health — multiple resources in each of these disciplines.
• What’s Next Database — search for series novels in story order.

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Newspapers & Periodicals

• America’s News –– Search 2300 news sources from across the country, including over 125 from Illinois.
• Commercial-News — Danville newspaper with coverage 2007-present.
• Historical Newspapers: Black Newspaper Collection — This historical newspaper collection provides genealogists, researchers and scholars with online, easily-searchable first-hand accounts and unparalleled coverage of the politics, society and events of the time.
• News-Gazette — Champaign-Urbana/Danville newspaper with coverage 1997-present.
• Newspapers.com: Illinois & Indiana — coverage includes back issues.
• Wilson OmniFile — Full-text academic journals and popular magazines, plus indexes, for over 1,600 publications (DPL library card barcode required for access).

• Acceda Noticias — Una colección completa de noticias que es ideal para explorar temas y eventos a nivel local, regional, nacional e internacional.
• AtoZdatabases — Find a Job, Business, Person or Create Mailing Lists & Sales Leads.
• America’s News — Search 2300 news sources from across the country, including over 125 from Illinois.
• Career Girls — Video-based career exploration tool for girls, with an emphasis on Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) careers.
• ChiltonLibrary.com — Auto repair manuals (Use your full barcode number as the password to log in).
• Commercial-News — Danville newspaper with coverage 2007-present.
• Creativebug — A resource with more than 1,000 award-winning art & craft video classes taught by recognized design experts and artists.
• Digital Learn — Free self-directed tutorials to increase technology skills.  A good site for those new to computers.
• FirstSearch — 15 databases (descriptions).  All require an authorization code and password; call the Reference Dept. at (217) 477-5228 to obtain these (must be Illinois resident).
• Gale Courses — Instructor-led online courses in a wide variety of topics, free to DPL cardholders.  Learn more.
• Gale Virtual Reference Library — large collection of reference e-books covering multiple topics and disciplines.
• Genealogy Resources Online – A collection of links to various resources for genealogy.
• Grey House Publishing – Complete Resource Guide for People With Disabilities
• Grey House Publishing – Complete Resource Guide for People With Chronic Illness
• HeritageQuest Online — Census data, family records, and local histories.
• Historical Newspapers: Black Newspaper Collection — This historical newspaper collection provides genealogists, researchers and scholars with online, easily-searchable first-hand accounts and unparalleled coverage of the politics, society and events of the time.
• Illinois DMV Practice Tests — practice tests with questions similar to those on the official knowledge test.
• Illinois Issues In-Depth — reporting and analysis from Illinois Public Radio.
• Legal Forms — Thousands of forms in dozens of categories.
• Merck Manual Consumer Version / Merck Manual Pro Version — Thousands of topics in all medical fields. Authored by hundreds of top medical experts.
• Newsbank — a comprehensive news collection that is ideal for exploring issues and events at the local, regional, national and international level
• News-Gazette — Champaign-Urbana/Danville newspaper with coverage 1997-present.
• Newspapers.com: Illinois & Indiana — coverage includes back issues.
• Pape Mortuary Database — over 275,000 records collected and constantly updated by a longtime Danville firm.
• Salem Press: Literature / History / Science / Health — multiple resources in each of these disciplines.
• U.S. History in Context — Learn about the most significant people, events and topics in U.S. History. Contains reference works, millions of news and periodical articles, and more than 5,000 rare and vital primary source documents that range from slave journals to presidential papers.
• Varsity Tutors — A live learning platform with numerous free resources, like live classes taught by experts, for students of all ages.
• Vermilion County Legal Self-Help Center
• What’s Next Database — search for series novels in story order.
• Wilson OmniFile — Full-text academic journals and popular magazines, plus indexes, for over 1,600 publications (DPL library card barcode required for access).
• World History in Context — Includes rare primary sources, reliable reference and multi-media content that chronicle the great cultures and societies that have formed the history of the human race.